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Auction XXIII  24-25 Mar 2022
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Lot 274

Estimate: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 1800 GBP
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Ionia, Miletos AR Didrachm. Circa 294-281 BC. Zeuxileos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Lion standing to left, head reverted; star with eight rays above, monogram before, ZEYΞIΛEOΣ in exergue. Deppert-Lippitz 437 (V1/R2). 4.37g, 21mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; only one example cited by Deppert-Lippitz and no others on CoinArchives.

Ex Pierre et Angelique Amandry Collection.

Pierre Amandry was a French Hellenist, especially interested in ancient Greece and its relationships with south-west Asia. He was born at Troyes on December 31, 1912, and died in Paris on February 21, 2006. A large part of his work was on the site of Delphi, excavated by the French School at Athens, of which he was secretary general from 1941 to 1948 and director from 1969 to 1981.
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